holm — meaning in English

English meaning

• holm noun A small island, especially a low one in a river, lake, or estuary.
• island noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
• islet noun A very small island.

Senses

holm is used for these senses in English:

• island (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
• island An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
• islet A small island.

holm — full definition

1. noun A small island, especially a low one in a river, lake, or estuary.
2. noun Rich, flat land beside a river that often floods.

island — full definition

1. noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
2. noun Something that is isolated or set apart, resembling an island figuratively.
3. verb To cut off or isolate, as if surrounding with water.

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